Clinical and radiologic review of the normal and abnormal thymus: Pearls and pitfalls

Radiographics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 413-428

  Nasseri, Farbod ^a   Eftekhari, Farzin ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77950186352     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.302095131     Document Type: Article

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